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Thread #70533   Message #1204382
Posted By: Amos
10-Jun-04 - 11:47 AM
Thread Name: Origins: The Far Side of the Hill
Subject: Lyr Add: THE FAR SIDE OF THE HILL
Words and Music by : Vicki Arnold
Recorded by Harry Belafonte on:
LP : LSP-3779
CD:
Also recorded by: The Limeliters RCA LPM-2272, DRC3-1832   
The New Christy Minstrels CCM042, CS9080   
Glenn Yarbrough Folk Era BDR1710D, FE1704CD, STS-5506   

Lyrics:

Guess I was born for roaming
And roam I always will
Oh I wonder if it's greener
On the far side of the hill

Oh please come look down yonder
Just earth and green and sky
I know I could get on down there
In the pattern of an eye
And further west's an ocean
A miner told me so,
And the sun it shines so brightly
Well it scares off winter snow

And yes, sometimes I'm tired
Sometimes I'm lonesome too
Sometimes I see a farmer
Walking slow when day is through
And I know he's got a woman
waiting supper everyday
If I have me such a woman
I could drive my blues away

I wished I knew the reason
God does the way he does
And why he keeps me moving
from a dream that never even was